Stephen Hawking’s wheelchair makes major profit at auction

Stephen Hawking honoured at memorial service at Westminster Abbey1:50

A memorial service has been held at Westminster Abbey in London for late physicist Professor Stephen Hawking.
More than 1,000 people were in attendance as the ashes of Mr Hawking, who died in March after decades of living with motor neurone disease, were buried in a corner of the abbey.
Hawking conducted groundbreaking research into black holes and the origins of the universe and was widely regarded as a populariser and communicator of science.

June 15th 2018

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British physicist Stephen Hawking’s red leather wheelchair was sold at auction in London. Picture: David Montgomery
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A WHEELCHAIR used by physicist Stephen Hawking has sold at auction for more than $540,600, while a copy of his doctoral thesis collected fetched more than $1.05 million, British auction house Christie’s revealed this week.

The red, leather motorised chair was used by the physicist after he was paralysed with motor neurone disease and was initially expected to raise $26,900.